Look up: Wakefulness

1. wakefulness
   [n] - a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep 2. [n] - a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world
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2. wakefulness
   A state in which the individual is fully aware of his environment. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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3. wakefulness
   noun a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world; `consciousness during wakefulness in a sane person is pretty well ordered and familiar`
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4. wakefulness
   sleeplessness noun a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep; `accept your wakefulness and sleep in its own contrary way is more likely to come`
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5. wakefulness
   (from the article `sleep`) How much sleep does a person need? While the physiological bases of the need for sleep remain conjectural, rendering definitive answers to this ... ...sleep is one of `brain repair` or restitution, a period, for example, of increased cerebral protein synthesis or of `reprogramming` the brai...
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6. Wakefulness
   `Wakefulness` is a daily recurring brain state and state of consciousness in which an individual is conscious and engages in a coherent cognitive and behavior responses to the external world such as communication, ambulation, nutritional ingestion and procreation. Being awake is the opposite of the ...
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